{"id":79138,"date":"2016-01-14T13:49:09","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T11:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=79138"},"modified":"2016-01-14T13:49:09","modified_gmt":"2016-01-14T11:49:09","slug":"lets-design-social-media-that-drives-real-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=79138","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s design social media that drives real change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/embed-ssl.ted.com\/talks\/wael_ghonim_let_s_design_social_media_that_drives_real_change.html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Wael Ghonim helped touch off the Arab Spring in his home of Egypt &#8230; by setting up a simple Facebook page. As he reveals, once the revolution spilled onto the streets, it turned from hopeful to messy, then ugly and heartbreaking. And social media followed suit. 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